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Show MEETING HOUSE iU'RNED. Thy Kanarra People Lose S-00) to 37000 by tl.o Consniiihig Fire. The people of Kanarra aAvoke as usual on Wednesday morning last, but to discover great clouds of sinokt? and sheets of flame issuing from their meeting house. The whole building, which is of brick, was soon gutted, and nothing was saved except a Webster's dictionary which had been Uoed in the school held in the basement. The upper room av:is for divine service on Sundays, and such other meetings as Avere necessary to ba he'd. No cause can be definitely assigned for the origin of the lire. A meeting was held there Tuesday eyening. but no fire was made in the stove. There are suspicious which raise the thought of incendiarism. A large cudgel was found near the Co--op store, not fifty feet from the meeting-house, and one of thu window shutters of the store had been battered bat-tered to pieces, but no further clue can be obtained, Tho estimated loss on the building is, in round numbers, placed from $5,-000 $5,-000 to S7.000. From the meager account ac-count furnished Ave are unable to rive further particulars at t his Avrit-ing. Avrit-ing. Iron Count; News. |